About 8, 9 days ago. In intensive care units for a couple of days and then he gave a press conference two days ago where he seemed more emotional than usual saying it could have gone either way and he really thanked nhs staff he said were by his bedside 24 hours a day. When you look at the response of the u. K. Compared to other countries, certainly in europe, it has been quite different. The Prime Minister many times has had to do a uturn on what he initially talked about, which was a herd immunity and then he said he would not close schools that they are closed. Theres a lot of speculation going around about what they will do next, whether they will extend the lockdown but also make the lockdown that much harder. Tom we will continue our discussion on this today. We will be speaking to nursing professionals at the Johns Hopkins university. Right now with our news in new york city, here is viviana. Viviana donald trump and how he feels about reopening the country. President says the g
Happy tuesday. These are your markets. A lot of the focus this week will be on earnings. We have a lot in the u. S. And europe. Of days awayle from the signing of that phase one trade deal between the u. S. And china. We are still trying to figure out what happens between the u. K. And the eu. There is a lot of speculation. While Bank Earnings c,itif with j. P. Morgan and wells fargo will follow after. We will focus on what blackrock Just Announced moments ago to focus on more sustainability. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. The Worlds Largest asset manager is upping its push to a greener future. Blackrock will put Climate Change at the top of the investment strategy. Inwill avoid investing companies with sustainability risk. The u. K. Is likely to secure a trade deal with the eu, according to Boris Johnson. He said he is very, very, very confident. The transition phase is currently scheduled to end on december 31. Iraqi leaders privately want u. S. Troops to stay in the coun
Head to pang chayeongchang in a minutes. Were joined by senior Portfolio Manager chief equity strategist bob doll bob, you know, were watching markets this morning sort of bounce around. The s p 500 actually kind of firmly in the green right now. It has been very strong week following that roughly 10 correction where are we right now well, that we bounced i dont think should be any surprise we got the positive technical divergences last week. The surprise is how far and how fast we have bounced its amazing you cant keep a good thing down, i guess. Our view was, you know, 2700 plus or minus 50 s p 500 points and were at the upper end of that now so were going to have to make some decisions here. Were going to have to, i think, pause and do some testing at some point well see what that looks like but this rally this week has been pretty amazing. I agree with you when you say we have to make some decisions here, what do you mean yeah, do we take some money off the table . Do we lower beta
Right now we need to get you caught up here and here are the top headlines with vonnie quinn. Vonnie Alexis Tsipras has run up the white flag. Calling for immediate action to a with a bailout. Plus, greece will have to transfer 55 billion worth of assets to a holding company. German chancellor Angela Merkel says it is about time for greece to take responsibility. Angela merkel trust has indeed been lost but we all know that what will the important is to implement what we have agreed on doing. Vonnie tsipras own party mutinied when he asked for the endorsement of a new austerity program. A new deal on the Iran Nuclear Program could be announced as soon as today. Negotiators want to stop iran from making nuclear weapons. Any deal would still have to be reviewed by congress. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell told fox an agreement would be a difficult sell. The crowded field for the republican president ial nomination gets bigger today. Scott walker will join the race or he became the
Also, a Senate Intelligence hearing in an hour. And the retail wreckage continues. Sears is closing even more stores and macys lowered guidance yesterday. Talking about margins. But there might be a bright spot and the name is walmart. Tesla stock hit an all time yesterday and where they might be headed with the model 3. First up, the president has chosen the nominee to be next fbi director as comey gets ready to testify on capitol hill tomorrow. Our eamon javers is in washington. What a day for news. Good morning, eamon. Good morning. So Christopher Wray will be the president s nominee for fbi director one day before the former fbi director james comey is scheduled to testify on capitol hill about his interactions with the president. The president has selected somebody new. Heres the tweet from the president just a few moments ago. He said i will be nominating christopher a. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials to be the new fbi director. Details to follow. What are some of those cre